12:29 PM on 07.16.2007
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Believe it or not, Japanese gaming company Nintendo is the new sponsor of Greg Biffle's #16 Ford Fusion in this year's NASCAR events. Now, this is not a little sticker on the rear of the vehicle, either. The whole car is basically a fast-moving, white and blue advertisement for the Nintendo Wii.
Fans of cars driving in countless circles will get to see the racecar's debut on Sunday, August 12th at Watkins Glen International in New York, and again at the Dover International Speedway in Delaware on September 23rd. The Watkins Glen race will be on ESPN at 1 p.m., so those who would like to maybe see the car for a few minutes before switching back to video gaming can.
Nintendo will have a Nintendo Street Team at upcoming NASCAR events, letting redneck families get their hands on that there game tape system they saw at the Wal-Marts. "Mah, they got that one with the remote!" Both the Wii and Nintendo DS will be available for play, with Mario Strikers Charged and Pokemon loaded up for play between beer breaks.
Hit the jump to see where the Nintendo Street Team will be in the coming months.
July 13 - 15: Chicagoland Speedway
Aug. 17 - 19: Michigan International Speedway
Aug. 31 - Sept. 2: California Speedway, Fontana, CA
Sept. 21 - 23: Dover International Speedway, Delaware — be sure to check out the Wii-themed race car at Sunday's race!
Oct. 12 - 14: Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Carolina
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21 comments + 95764 views
Little Dale just loves dem Marino games
fo cereal!
No no no! They've got it all wrong! They need Madden or Excite Truck, not Charged. I think the Pokemans will do ok though, 'cause everybody loves Mudkipz.
I just might be the only NASCAR fan on this site, but I think it's great. Dover is nearby too, so I just might check it out.
More Dale North please. He is badass
There hasnt been a team-up this perfect since Dumb and Dumber
Old news
Gameboi:
Dover sucks. That is all.
TALLADEGA NIGHTS.
I'm never gonna hear the end of this from my parents...
"LOOK IT TEH WII CAR!!!"
People watch NASCAR? I thought it was just my cat.
Next Wii accessories:
Wii Chaw cup for tykes. (The spit controls the motion!)
Extra absorbent Bounty paper towel Wii-mote covers for sweaty redneck hands.
Wii-skey, Jack Daniels accessory for gettin' plowed during Rapala and Cabala games.
Wii-febeater: Official Wii branded undershirt.
Wii-tlin': Make your own Wii-mote outta pine, balsa, and birch!
Banjo Hero for Wii: compete for acclaim to all your favorite Bluegrass tunes. Waylon Jennings provides master tracks for "Good Ol' Boys"
Phoenix Jones: Semi-Solid Waste Stream Handler! Replicate real life septic tank and grease trap haulers as they collect sewage from rural areas and then attempt to process the waste stream to make it back into semi-drinkable water.
WarioWare:Welfare Recipient Squander all your savings away on beer and strippers and then learn to take care of your 16 children on $200 a month in food stamps!
WiiSports: RE | Sports include:TV watchin', Moonshinin', Cannonball Runnin', Smokey and the Bandit Runs, Evadin' Boss Hogg, Eyeballin' yer hawt Sister/pet pig Lucy.
Miis are replaced with "What the fuck'r those little fuckers doin' on mah damn TV. They fuckin' up mah recepshun."
The Jesus Mii would be standard, and skin color options would include: white, pale, ghostly, ginger-haired pale, eggshell, flabby cottage cheese white, and no blacks allowed, lest they start gettin' any ideas.
Here, DVDDesign. Please have an internet. You've earned it. :)
lawl
That looks like it was made in Forza.
Cheer up wiihaters. Why such animosity. It was Nintendo that got a lot of folks into gaming and continues to do so now. A good portion of those folk will learn to love more challenging systems etc and will eventually game on 360,ps3 and pc's. So if it gets them in the door and they have fun why all the mockery and hatred? Seems counter productive to the future of gaming.
My question is, if Nintendo is sponsoring Greg Biffle's car now, what are they gonna do for the PS3/X360 versions of Nascar?
Kif: Yes, it does look like it was made in Forza.
SamHill: Obviously the Wii car will appear to be a vandalized by a microsoft and/or sony fanboy with "360 RULZ" and "PS3 4 LYFE" graffiti covering all of the Wii logos.
Also, I'm being forced to go to the race at Michigan International Speedway on August 19th, so maybe this will provide me with some entertainment at that god-forsaken redneck heaven hell hole.
Yeehaaw!!
Cue the dueling banjos!
@bloodylip
The "Monster Mile" sucks? Nah. It's a great track.
I hate NASCAR but I now cheer on Mr. Biffle, because he has a silly name, not because of the car. Biffle Biffle Biffle Biffle Biffle Biffle Biffle.
My husband and I are very fond of the Wii car idea. He loves our Wii, watches at least two Nascar races a week, watches three MLS games and is an outspoken liberal.
How's that for the conservative redneck Nascar stereotype?
I'm not a redneck and I watch Nascar, in fact I hate rednecks. But I love dem dun der Wiis and Greg Biffle!
My NASCAR let me show you it.
Isn't calling all NASCAR fans rednecks just like calling all video game fans losers who live in their mom's basement?
SHAKE n' BAKE!
@Gameboi
No, I was just saying that Dover, in general, sucks. I hate that place. Plus all the traffic that race weekends generate force me to use alternate routes to get to the beaches.
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